December 5, 2017 • Page 10 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com SDDOT Awards Community Access Grants Use Tax May Be Due On Online Purchases PIERRE, S.D. – At its Nov. 21, 2017, meeting, the South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded nearly $3.7 million in Community Access Grants for infrastructure improvements in smaller communities in South Dakota. The Community Access Grant program funds awarded at the meeting will improve roads leading to schools, main business areas, hospitals, grain elevators and other economic areas in the communities. The grants pay for 60 percent of the construction costs, up to a maximum of $400,000. Communities receiving grant awards this year are: •City of Armour - $400,000 for Third, Fourth and Dobson streets which serves the schools. •City of Centerville - $240,000 for Main Street which serves a business area. •City of Chamberlain - $400,000 for Paul Gust Road which serves an agriculture business area. •City of Elkton - $400,000 for 6th Street and Buffalo Street which serves the schools. •City of Lake Preston - $321,000 for Park Avenue which serves the grain elevator. •City of Lead - $400,000 for Houston Street and Pavilion Street which serves the schools and the Sanford Underground Research Facility. •Perkins County (Lemmon) - $400,000 for Theatre Road which serves a business area •City of Philip - $373,000 for Oak Street and Howard Avenue which serves a business area. •City of Presho - $400,000 for Main Avenue which serves the central business district and the grain elevator. •Walworth County (Selby) - $164,000 for Scranton Street which serves an agriculture business area. •City of Wilmot - $180,000 for First Street which serves a business area. More information regarding the grant programs and the process for applying can be found on the department’s website at http://www.sddot.com/business/local/ economic/ or by contacting Paula Huizenga at 605-7736253 or Doug Kinniburgh at 605-773-4284. Pierre, S.D. – With the holiday season in full swing, the South Dakota Department of Revenue reminds citizens that state and municipal use taxes may be due on their online purchases. South Dakotans owe use tax if they did not pay sales tax when making a purchase. Use tax is also due if the sales tax paid to another state was lower than what would have been paid in South Dakota—in this case the difference in the two amounts is how much use tax is owed. “Many consumers do not realize that several internet retailers are not collecting sales tax on online sales and that use tax would be due in these instances,” Business Tax Division Director Doug Schinkel said. “Cyber Monday is a good time to remind citizens to check their online transactions to see if the tax is owed.” According to the South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management, an estimated nearly $50 million in use tax goes unreported in South Dakota each year. Like sales tax, the revenues generated from the state use tax go to the state’s general fund, which supports South Dakota’s K-12 schools, state universities, technical institutes and more. Municipal use tax revenues go to city governments, which help fund local needs. The Department of Revenue offers an online option for South Dakotans to file and pay use tax with a credit card or ACH debit transaction. This feature requires no acthe review describes additional monitoring or research count registration and can be accessed by visiting http:// needs. For species also listed as federal threatened or federal dor.sd.gov then clicking the online use tax payment butendangered under the Endangered Species Act, separate ton under e-services. For more information on use tax, including specific state recovery goals were not drafted. GFP will continue examples of when the tax is owed, visit http://dor.sd.gov/ cooperating with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Taxes/Business_Taxes/UseTax.aspx. meet identified recovery goals. The status reviews are available online: gfp.sd.gov/ wildlife/threatened-endangered/default.aspx. To provide written feedback on these reviews, please email StatusReviews@state.sd.us or mail comments to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, 523 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501. Status Reviews Of South Dakota’s Threatened And Endangered Species Available For Comment PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is conducting a review of state endangered and threatened species and asking the public to provide comment on the draft status reviews for 22 species. Comments are accepted through Dec. 8, 2017. The review process provides a concise summary of the current status for each state-listed threatened or endangered species. Where sufficient information existed for the recovery of species, draft criteria for downlisting (changing status from endangered to threatened) and/or delisting (removing a threatened or endangered species from the state list) are described. 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